Man who killed hotel duck pleads guilty to animal cruelty

[Roon]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A former government auditor from Denver who ripped the head off a live, tame duck kept in the ornamental pool in a hotel lobby pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony animal cruelty.

Scott D. Clark, 26, said he was "extremely sorry" and had never hurt an animal before.

Ramsey County District Judge Margaret Marrinan, who said Clark apparently had "a substantial amount to drink" before the incident, ordered chemical and psychological evaluations before she sentences Clark in February.

Clark's attorney and the prosecution agreed on a sentence of no more than 45 days in jail, two years probation, community service, a $500 fine, restitution and no pet ownership for two years. The judge ultimately will decide.

http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=84576

[Sanity Claws]

1. This is very disturbing

I just don't understand animal cruelty.

[Flatline]

3. What blows my mind are the fools who

put kittens and puppies in bags and throw the bag on the expreswayy or the river. ARG :mad: :wtf: :spank: :grr: :grr: :nuke: :banghead:

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2. no more than 45 days in jail?

This guy should probably be locked up in a psych ward until he's deemed sane enough to return to normal life. "no pet ownership for two years".... how about never? How about no children ever as well. Totally fucked up.

[stuntcat]

4. ... the ripping off of heads

I usually piss People off when I say this stuff but I'm being honest so here I go- This should be an eye-for-an-eye type case. This asshole's got a long happy life ahead of him but there's almost 7,000,000,000 people anyway so what the hell does it matter if head-ripper-offers lead a fulfilling life? While half the people in the world live on $2 a day us rich Westerners do dumb shit like this and get to go on consuming.. LATEEDAH :) he'll say in ten years when him and everyone he knows forgets what kind of sicko he was, when he's got two kids and three cars and a big tv. I just have no faith left in People.

sorry :rant:

[SteppingRazor]

5. Jesus, why all the outrage?

It's getting so a guy can't rip the head off of any animals anymore!

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